The US Bureau of Land Management failed to complete environmental analyses for thousands of commercial livestock grazing allotments, conservation groups alleged in a federal complaint. The BLM has issued 35,000 grazing permits covering 155 million acres across 13 Western states, but didn ...

But according to a letter sent to HHS this month by 11 advocacy organizations, the draft policy would do little to stem what has become a systemic problem in key federal agencies whose work is supposed to protect the public but too often is swayed by political and/or corporate interests ...

The Bureau of Land Management has failed to assess the rangeland health of most livestock grazing allotments, resulting in overgrazing that is degrading potentially millions of acres of federal lands, a coalition of environmental groups claims in a new federal lawsuit. What’s more, ...

But others say the numbers tell the story. Kyla Bennett, a former EPA employee and current director of science policy at the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told the Examination that at recent rates of review, it would take thousands of years to assess all 86 ...

Conservationists frequently criticize the agency for its grazing policies, and two of them have filed suit. The Western Watersheds Project and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility say the law requires the BLM to conduct an environmental assessment before it issues a grazing ...